The Two Guinness World Records Given To President Uhuru Kenyatta In 2013 And 2017 , Here Is Why

Kenyatta is the only Kenyan president who happened to have received a Guinness World record award.

The Two Guinness World Records Given To President Uhuru Kenyatta In 2013 And 2017 , Here Is Why

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician who is the president of Kenya serving since 2013.

Uhuru served as the member of parliament (MP) for Gatundu South from 2002 to 2013. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2007 to 2013. Currently, he is a member and the party leader of the Jubilee Party of Kenya.

President Kenyatta received two awards, and one of them is back in 2013 when he won the presidential election becoming the youngest Kenyan to ever seat in the presidential seat at age 51. President Jommo Kenyatta became the first president at age 67.

Also, in 2017, Kenyatta signed into law environmental protection regulations that announced a ban on single-use plastic bags, which earned him praise across the globe.

What caught the eye of the Guinness World Records was the penalty that was imposed on those caught flouting the directive.